Seher
[ˈzeːɐ]
The verdict
“Seher” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,624
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich etwas ansieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-seher · Seher · German
Seher · rank #39,624 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,624
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Seefahrer
Nearest frequency peer: Seefahrer (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Seher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Schwäne
Schwäne
60,381 corpus weight
- schönster
schönster
60,380 corpus weight
- schützend
schützend
60,379 corpus weight
- Seefahrer
Seefahrer
60,378 corpus weight
- Seher
Seher
60,377 corpus weight
- selbstkriti…
selbstkritisch
60,375 corpus weight
What this shows „Seher“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzeːɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Seher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Seher (IPA [ˈzeːɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,624 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seher, with forms such as "esher", "seehr", and "seherr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "she", "ser", "sehr", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Seher, spelled S-E-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich etwas ansieht
- 2eine Person, der zugeschrieben wird, übernatürliche Dinge wahrzunehmen
- 3das Auge von Hase oder Kaninchen
- 4jemand, der aus der Stellung bestimmter Himmelskörper Zukunftsdeutungen ableitet; Astrologe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In einer globalisierten Nachrichten-Welt wird jede Meldung auf Leser, Hörer und Seher treffen, die sich darüber freuen oder empören.“
„Der Glaube an Heiler, Seher und andere menschliche Wundertäter mit übernatürlichen Kräften widerspricht der zentralen Doktrin des Islam, ist zutiefst „unislamisch“.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esher
- seehr
- seherr
- sehher
- sehre
- sheer
- sseher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).